Automatic salting-machine.



PATENTED FEB. 10

Np. 720,128. Y

J. W. GHEEN.

AUTOMATIC SALTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 6, 1901.

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No. 720,128. I PATENTBD FEB.10', 1903.\

J. W. GHEEN.

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APPLICATION FILED AUG. 6, 1901.

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J."W. GHEEN. AUTOMATIC SALTING MACHINE.

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JOHN W. GHEEN, or ASTORIA, OREGON.

AUTOMATIC SALTlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 720,128, dated February10, 1903.

Application filed Augnstd, 1901. Serial No. 71,121. (No model.)

To all whom it Wmy concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN W. GHEEN, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Astoria, in the county of Clatsop and Stateof Oregon, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Automatic Salting-Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying draw ings as constituting a part thereof.

My invention relates to machines which are designed to automaticallyintroduce salt in cans used for canning meats, fish, 850.; and myinvention has for its object to provide a machine of simple and durableconstruction which is adapted to deliver a measured quantity of saltinto a cup or receptacle by which the salt is thrown into the open endof the can, the latter resting on and being rolled along suitablesupporting-rails for the purpose provided.

The construction and operation of my invention will be readilyunderstood from the drawings above referred to and the descriptionthereof hereinafter given,the corresponding reference charactersindicating the parts referred to in all the figures.

In such drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of myimproved salting-machine. Fig. 2isafront elevation,partly in section, soas to illustrate the construction of and bearings for the sliding link30. Fig. 3 is a plan section approximately taken on a line pointed bythe arrow a, with the exception of the can and its supporting-rails,which are shown in plan or top View. Fig. 4 is a detail in perspectiveelevation of the intermittent gears 17 18, and Fig. 5 is a perspectiveof the link 30."

My machine issupported on a foot or base 1, provided with a socket 4 andperforated lugs 2. The pedestalbracket comprises a standard 3 and ahorizontal arm 4 strengthened by the member 4 In the forward portion Pis an arm 6, provided with a head 6, supporting-rails 7 8 9 10, on whichto place and roll the can 0 in front of my machine for introducing salttherein. From the arm 4 project upwardly arms 27 27", supporting thehopper 21, having bosses 21 21 and 21 21 in which to journal the shafts19 and 22. The hopper is funnel-shaped and has sloped sides contractinginto a bottom discharge opening or spout. The two sides of the base ofthe spout have opposite registering openings 21 21 constituting atransverselyextending passage-way for the finger 26, projecting from thecup or receptacle 25 on the arm 5, the foot of which arm is pivotedbetween the lugs 2. On the shaft 19 is fixedly mounted a verticalrotating disk 20, which disk revolves in the lower part of the hopperand closes the discharge -spout thereof, so that the material containedwithin the hopper cannot be discharged therefrom except in such limitedportions as are conveyed by the disk 20 to the discharge-spout of thehopper, for which purpose such disk is provided in its rim with a seriesof recesses or pocket-s 28, in which to receive alimited portion of thesalt contained in the hopper. The salt is kept in comminuted form by theaid of the stirrers 23 23 and the feeder 24, all of which rotate withthe shaft 22, the broad radial blades of said feeder operating to feedthe salt to the pockets 28 as the same are progressively brought to thetop of the disk. The cooperation of the intermittent gears 17 18 is suchthat the disk 20 at intervals will make a partialthat is to say, aquarter-- revolution and then rest, and each partial revolution of saiddisk bringing one of the rimpockets thereof in alinemeut with theopenings 21 21 in the hopper-spout. Thus the revolving disk 20 controlsthe discharge of the salt from the hopper, allowing only such limitedportion of the salt to be emitted from the spout of the hopper atintervals as is received in one of said rim-pockets 28 and conveyed insuch pockets to the spout. As the salt discharges from the spout of thehopper it is received in'a receptacle or cup 25, provided at the freeend of the pivoted arm 5. The bracket-arm 4 has a slot 36, in which thearm operates. Said arm 4 also has flanges 35 35, in which is slidablyseated the link 30, a cross-section of this construction being seen inFig. 2. One end of the link 30 has a slot 31, through which extends thearm 5, and the other end of said link is provided with a stud 32,secured in place by a screw 33. The cam 34 controls the link 30 and thelatter the arm 5. As shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the stud 32 is engaged bythe segment-flange 35 of said cam 34. and holds the said arm 5 againstthe spring 29 with the effect of placing the cup ICO 25 in its normalreceiving position. If in practice the machine were in this position,the salt received in the pockets 28 in alinement with the openings 21 21could discharge in the cup 25. The shaft 14 continuing to rotate, assoon as the segment-flange 35 passes the stud 32 the link 30 would bereleased and allow the arm 5 to be thrown forward by the action of thespring 29 against the bumper 11. While the arm 5 is making this motionthe finger 26 would pass through the openings 21 21 and the pocket ofthe disk 20 in alinement therewith and loosen such salt as had becomepacked in the pocket. Supposing the can a to be supported in properposition on the rails 8 9 10 in front of the cup 25, the impact of thearm 5 against the bumper 11 would have the eifect of throwing the saltcontained in said cup into the open mouth of the can.

From the construction illustrated in Fig. 4 of the gears 17 18 it willbe observed that the gear 17 meshes with the gear 18 for only a part ofthe time of each revolution and that each complete revolution of theshaft 14 will impart to the shaft 10 but a quarter-revolution, with theefiect of lifting that one of the series of pockets 28 which hasdischarged the salt received therein and bringing another of saidpockets in alinement with the openings 21 21". After the arm 5 has beenthrown against the bumper 11, as shown in broken outline in Fig. 1, thecontinued revolution of the shaft 14 will again bring the long end ofthe cam 34 in engagement with the stud of the link 30 and retract thelatter, and therewith the arm 5, so as to bring the cup 25 back to itsnormal receiving position, the arrangement of the gears 17 18 being suchas to allow the disk 20 to still remain at rest while the arm 5 is beingretracted, as mentioned.

The operation of my machine is readily understood from the descriptionthereof above given. The hopper is kept filled with salt. The stirrers23 23 and the feeder 24 break up the lumps in the salt, and the feederalso pushes the salt into the pocket of the disk 20 under it. While saidpocket is so filling with salt the disk 20 is at rest. The nextquarterturn of said disk brings the pocket which was positioned at thetop to one side, and the next quarter-turn of said disk brings thepocket first filled with salt in alinement with the openings 21 21.During such interval that the disk 20 is at rest the arm 5 is operated,as indicated in dotted outline, always being returned to its normalreceiving position before the disk 20 makes its next quarter-turn. Whena pocket of the said disk, filled with salt, is turned over the cup 25on the arm 5, the next action of the said arm 5 is to throw the salt inthe cup 25 into the open end of the can, as described. Should the saltbecome packed in said pockets of the disk, it would be loosened by theaction of the finger 26 passing through the openings 21 21 of the spout.Such openings and finger are, however, not deemed essential.

Having fully described my invention, now what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with the hopper, and means controlling thedischarge-spout of said hopper to allow an intermittent dischargetherefrom; of a reciprocating cup or carrier comprising avertically-pivoted arm carrying a receptacle at its free extremityhaving an end discharge; a sliding link engaging said arm; a rotatingcam or member operating to engage and retract said sliding link, andrelease the same again at intervals; a bumper,

and a spring operating to throw said arm against the bumper when saidlink is released, substantially as described.

2. In a salting-machine, the combination of the hopper having adownward-discharge spout, a rotating disk controlling said spout, andprovided with a series of rim-pockets for the purpose specified; gearingadapted to impart to said disk an intermittent, partial rotation tobring said pockets over said spout progressively; a reciprocating cup,or carrier, for receiving salt from the hopper-spout, said cup having anend discharge-opening; and mechanism operating said reciprocating cup atintervals to discharge the contents thereof, substantially as described.

3. In a salting-machine, the combination of the hopper having lateralopenings at the base of its discharge-spout; the rotating diskcontrolling said discharge-spout, and provided with a series ofrim-pockets for the purpose specified; gearing adapted to impart to saiddisk an intermittent, partial rotation, and to bring the same at restwith one of its said rim-pockets in alinement with said lateral openingsof the spout; a reciprocating cup, or carrier, for receiving the saltdischarged from the hopper, said cup having an end discharge; a fingerprojecting from said cup; and mechanism operating said reciprocating cupat intervals, to discharge the contents thereof while said disk is atrest, substantially as described.

4. In a salting-machine, the combination of the hopper having lateralopenings at the base of its discharge-spout, the rotating diskcontrolling said discharge-spout, and provided with a series ofrim-pockets for the purpose specified; gearing adapted to impart to saiddisk an intermittent, partial rotation, and to bring the same at restwith one of its said rim-pockets in alinement with said lateral openingsof the spout; a rotating device, journaled in the hopper, comprisingradial arms operating to feed salt to said pockets of the disk; areciprocating cup, or carrier, for receiving the salt discharged fromthe hopper, said cup having an end discharge; a finger 26 projectingfrom said cup; and mechanism operating said reciprocating cup atintervals, to discharge the contents thereof while said disk is at rest,substantially as described.

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5. In a'salting-machine, the combination of the hopper, 21, havinglateral openings at the base of its discharge-spout; the rotating disk,20, provided with rim-pockets, 28; gearing adapted to impart to saiddisk an intermittent, partial rotation, and to bring the same at restwith one of its said rim-pockets in alinement with said lateral openingsof the spout; a rotating feeder, 24, and stirrers, 23, 23, anddriving-gear therefor; and a reciprocating cup comprising avertically-pivoted arm carrying a receptacle at its free extremityhaving an end discharge; a sliding link engaging said arm; a rotatingcam, or mem- JOHN W. GHEEN.

Witnesses:

FRANK SPITTLE, JOHN STUART HITOHEN.

